Articles from Quadrant Systems about software engineering and infrastructure that stays in your control.https://www.quadrant.systems/blog/enhttps://www.quadrant.systems/blog/building-a-kubernetes-operator-for-s3/https://www.quadrant.systems/blog/building-a-kubernetes-operator-for-s3/Why manual operations led me to build a Kubernetes operator for our S3, and how I rebuilt its first prototype at half the size.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMarc SingerHoustonhttps://www.quadrant.systems/blog/how-fast-is-s3-from-where-your-app-runs/https://www.quadrant.systems/blog/how-fast-is-s3-from-where-your-app-runs/A small read takes 2 ms in the same data center and 20 ms across a border. I measured ObjectGateway from four European cloud zones to show what distance costs.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMarc SingerObjectGatewayhttps://www.quadrant.systems/blog/why-i-started-quadrant/https://www.quadrant.systems/blog/why-i-started-quadrant/I built storage for a friend's company, and it could not keep up. Two S3 storage projects that went wrong led me to found Quadrant.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMarc SingerCompany